Airplane Quote by Gordon Bethune

“Grounding airplanes to cover your butt would never have let Orville or Wilbur change the world. We would still be spending weeks to cross the Atlantic to do business in London.” quote by Gordon Bethune — Download Open image

“Grounding airplanes to cover your butt would never have let Orville or Wilbur change the world. We would still be spending weeks to cross the Atlantic to do business in London.”

Gordon Bethune

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